SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first openly gay man in the position.

It took eight days of counting after Election ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on San Francisco’s mayor’s race (all times local):

5:14 p.m.

The latest election update by San Francisco officials sealed London Breed’s victory in the mayor’s race.

She led former state Sen. Mark Leno by nearly 2,200 votes out of nearly 250,000 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The gap widened between the leading candidates in the race for San Francisco mayor, but it is still too close to call.

London Breed, the president of the Board of Supervisors, led former state Sen. Mark Leno by 1,580 votes on Sunday.

The lead has changed hands in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In San Francisco, the candidate with the most first-place votes is trailing in a tight race for mayor.

London Breed, the president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, is some 10 percentage points ahead of former state Sen. Mark Leno in votes for first-place. Yet, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The gap between the two leading candidates for San Francisco mayor shrank to 255 votes on Thursday.

An elections office update shows former state Sen. Mark Leno still leading President of the Board of Supervisors London Breed in a race that remained too close to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two leading candidates in San Francisco’s race for mayor are resigned to days of uncertainty as the contest remained too close to call and tens of thousands of ballots waited to be counted Wednesday.

Updated results showed former state Sen. Mark Leno maintaining a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California primary results (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

Business community favorite London Breed said she always knew the race for San Francisco mayor would be tight given the city’s unusual ranked choice voting system.

Breed has 36 percent of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former state Sen. Mark Leno pulled ahead by the slimmest of margins in the race for San Francisco mayor early Wednesday under the city’s unusual voting system, though Board of Supervisors President London Breed maintained her lead in first-place votes.

The race ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Eight candidates who want to be mayor of San Francisco qualified Tuesday for a June 5 election expected to pit the city’s progressive values against its economic development ambitions following years of spectacular but divisive growth driven by the technology ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A higher minimum wage, a ban on using “Redskins” as the name of a school team or mascot, and new restrictions on assault weapons are among the latest California laws taking effect with the new year:

MINIMUM WAGE

California’s minimum wage will increase from ...